Garment marking apparatus



R. M. OHLlN GARMENT MARKING APPARATUS July 2, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 22, 1955 INVENTOR. /?OM4//V M Ole/UN July 2, 1957 R. M. OHLlN GARMENT MARKING APPARATUS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 22, 1955 INVENTOR. FOAM/N5 M 0,4; M/

United States Patent- GARMENT MARKING APPARATUS Romaine M. Ohlin, Alhambra, Caiif.

Application September 22, 1955, Serial No. 535,870 9 ciaims. (Cl. 33-9 Generally speaking, the present invention relates to the sevw'ng and tailoring arts and, more particularly, to an improved garment marking apparatus adapted to mark a garment being worn by a model at selected regions therearound above an underlying supporting surface upon which the model wearing the garment stands, for the purpose of marking hemline regions, waistline regions and the like.

Applicant is aware of the fact that several skirt hem and waistline marking and/or pinning devices have been invented and developed heretofore for the purpose of marking and/ or pinning the bottom and/ or waistline por= tions of a skirt or dress in a selected horizontal plane at aselected distance above the ground or floor. However, all of such devices known to me have serious disadvantages of one'type or another.

For example, all of such prior art devices known to me mark or pin the hem-line and/or waistline of a g'arment at only one point "at a time and, therefore, req ire multiple repositioning with respect to the dress or skirt being marked and multiple marking or pinning operations. In addition to being multiple, these re-positionings' and marking and/ or pinning operations are sequential. This is extremely undesirable because, between each repositioning of the device with respect to the garment and between each marking and/or pinning operation, an additional chance of error is introduced beeause of the movement involved. This frequently leads to the necessity of completely remarking or repinning the hem-line and/or the waistline after it has been once completed with such a prior art device, because the errors introducedby movement are 'so gross as to be visually observable When the completed demarked line is viewed in its entirety while being worn.

Another serious disadvantage inherent in all such prior art devices known to me is the virtual necessity for the person wearing the garment which is bein marked by such a prior art device, stooping over to adjust or to observe thedev-ice or to operate same, This is extremely undesirable because it introduces additional movement into the operation and leads to even greater errors, and frequently requires additional work to rectify said errors. For further example, no prior art devices known to applicant permit the simultaneous or separate marking of the waistline regions.

Generally speaking the improved garment marking apparatus of the present invention may include: support means including a base portion cooperable to rest upon an underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface, at least one upstanding support member and at least one movable carrier member vertically adjustably carried by the upstanding support member for selective relative positioning with respect thereto at any selected height above the underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface, said support'means being provided with visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively psltioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the upstanding support member and the vertically adjustable carrier member whereby to visually indicate the effective height of the movable carrier member from the underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface. Also included is a hollow curved duct means supportably cooperable with the carrier member in a virtually horizontal plane at a selected height above the underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface determined by the height of the movable carrier member with respect to the upstanding support member, and inwardly directed egress means positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the hollow curved duct means. Also included is a remote selectively manually actuatable pump'means in eifective communication with the hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a selected horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of a garment Worn by a model standing on an underlying supporting surface and positioned within the confines of the hollow duct means along hemline regions of said garment extending therearound. Said hollow duct means is provided with selectively openable and closable ingress loading port means cooperable to receive a quantity of particulate marking agent therethrough for loading the interior of said hollow duct means.

Also included is a second support means including engaging means at the bottom thereof, at least one upwardly directed fixed member and at least one slidable member vertically'adjustably carried by said fixed member for selective relative positioning with respect thereto at any selected height above said engaging means, said engaging means being removably engagingly cooperable with the hollow duct means for mounting said second support means immediately'above said hollow duct means. Said second support meansis "provided with a second visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the fixed member and the vertically adjustable slidable member whereby to visually indicate the effective height of the slidable member from said engaging means. Included herein is a second hollow curved duct means supportably cooperable with the slidable member in a virtually horizontal plane at a selected height above the engaging means determined by the height of the slidable member with respect to the upwardly directed fixed member, and second inwardly directed egress means positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside'of the second hollow curved duct means, and second remote selective manually actuatable pump means in effective communication with the second hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the second'inwardly directed egress means in a second horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of the garment worn by the model along waistline regions of said garment, said second hollow duct means being provided with second selectively openable and closable ingre'ss loading port means cooperable to receive a quantity of particulate marking agent therethrough for loading the interior of said second hollow duct means.

A sub-combination form of the present invention which is also intended to be included and comprehended herein is directed to the lower portion of the complete device and includes: support means including a base portion cooperable to rest upon an underlying virtuallyhorizontal supporting surface, at least one upstanding support mem her and at leastone movable carrier member vertically adjustably carried by the upstanding support member for selective relative positioning with respect thereto at any selected height above the underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface, said support means being provided with visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the upstanding support member. and the vertically adjustable carrier member whereby to visually indicate the effective height of the movable carrier member from the underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface. Also included in this sub-combination form of the present invention is a hollow curved duct means supportably cooperable with the carrier member in a virtually horizontal plane at a selected height above the underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface determined by the height of the movable carrier member with respect to the upstanding support member, and inwardly directed egress means positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the hollow curved duct means. Also included is a remote selectively manually actuatable pump means in effective communication with the hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a selected horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of a garment worn by a model standing on an underlying supporting surface and positioned within the confines of the hollow duct means.

A further sub-combination form of the present invention which is also intended to be included and comprehended herein is directed to the upper portion of the complete device which is cooperable for removable mounting with respect to a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of the garment marking apparatus having a virtually circular lower base portion and having a plurality of selectively length-adjustable upstanding support means effectively connecting said lower base portion and said upper marking portion, said attachment being adapted to simultaneously mark a garment being worn by a model at a selected waistline region at least partially therearound and comprising: support means including engaging means at the bottom thereof, at least one upwardly directed fixed member and at least one slidable member vertically adjustably carried by said fixed member for selective relative positioning with respect thereto at any selected height above said engaging means, said engaging means being removably engagingly cooperable with a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of a garment marking apparatus for mounting said support means immediately thereover. Said support means is provided with visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the fixed member and the vertically adjustable slidable member whereby to visually indicate the effective height of the slidable member from said engaging means, and hollow curved duct means supportably cooperable with the slidable member in a virtua'lly horizontal plane at a selected height above the engaging means determined by the height of the slidable member with respect to the fixed member. Inwardly directed egress means are positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the hollow curved duct means, and remote selectively manually actuatable pump means is in effective communication with the hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of the garment worn by the model.

From the above basic description of the present invention and preferred complete and sub-combination generic forms thereof, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that virtually all of the hereinabove-mentioned disadvantages of prior art hem-line and/ or waistline garment marking devices are virtually entirely eliminated and overcome in and through the use of the present invention.

For example, the marking apparatus of the present invention will'etfectively mark a hem-line and/or a waistline lying in a selected horizontal plane at a selected distance above the underlying floor, thus eliminating the hereinbefore-mentioned undesirable prior art multiple operations and thus eliminating practically all possibility of error.

Furthermore, the pump means is remotely located with respect to the remainder of the device and thus makes it possible for a single person using the device to virtually instantaneously mark a skirt while standing in a normal position and without the necessity of stooping, squatting or assuming other postures which might conceivably introduce error into the marking operation.

Furthermore, in the preferred form of the present invention, simultaneous or separate marking of the waistline region of the garment is likewise possible while standing in a normal position and without the necessity of assuming unnatural postures; and the preferred form of the present invention carries the marking agent within the hollow tube of the garment marking apparatus.

With the above points in mind, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved garment marking apparatus capable of operation by a single person to mark a garment being worn by said person substantially therearound in selected horizontal planes at selected heights above an underlying supporting surface and to do so in one operation.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a device of the character set forth in the preceding object, which is of extremely simple, compact, cheap, foolproof construction.

Other and allied objects will become apparent to those skilled in the art after a careful perusal, examination and study of the accompanying illustrations, the present specification and the appended claims.

To facilitate understanding, reference will be made to the hereinbelow described drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view illustrating one illustrative embodiment of the present invention in operative mounted position ready for marking usehowever, for purposes of clarity, a model and a garment worn thereby, are not shown within the confines of the apparatus;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view taken in the direction of the arrows IIII in Fig. 1 showing the ingress and egress port means and a quantity of the particulate marking agent therein; the support means being shown substantially vertically shortened in this view, with respect to its position in Fig. 1, in order to show as much as possible thereof in this view;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken in the direction of the arrows III-III in Fig. 2, and with the circular, tubular base member removed;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view taken in the direction of the arrows IV-IV in Fig. 1, showing the measuring-scale means and the locking means;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a sub-combination form of the present invention showing the lower (hem-line marking) portion, the upper (waistline marking) portion being removed;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a second sub-combination form of the present invention showing the upper (waistline marking) portion, the lower (hem-line marking) portion being removed; and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the present invention in operational use with a model and a garment worn thereby within the confines of the apparatus.

Generally speaking, a preferred form of the apparatus of the present invention comprises support means including a base portion cooperable to rest upon an underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface (usually a floor), a plurality of circumferentially spaced upstanding support members and a corresponding plurality of movable carrier members, each vertically adjustably carried by a corresponding upstanding support member for selective relative vertical positioning with respect thereto at any selected and similar height above the underlying vi t al lh izqm up inasu c ;v s i .SPPPQ R means being provided with visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively positioned for rela rtive adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the upstanding support members and the corresponding vertically adjustable carrier members whereby to visually indicate the effective height of said movable carriermembers from the underlying virtually horizontal support surface. Also included is hollow curved duct means supportably cooperable with the plurality of cir cumferentially spaced carrier members in a virtually hori" zontal plane at a selected height above the underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface determined by the height of each of the movable carrier members with respect to the corresponding upstanding support members, and inwardly directed egress means' positioned in a virrtually horizontal plane along the inside of the hollow curved duct means. Also included is a remote selectively manually actuatable pump means in effective communi'cation with the hollow duct means and cooper'able therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a selected horizontal plane to eflectively mark the exterior of a garment worn by a model standing on an underlying'su'pporting surface (usually said floor) and positioned within the confines of the hollow duct means along hemline regions of said garment extending therearound. Said hollow duct means may be provided with selectively openable and closable ingress loading port means cooperable to receive a quantity of particulate marking agent therethrough for loading the interior of said hollow duct means. i j 7 One of the preferred forms of the presentinvention may also include a second support means including engaging means at the bottom thereofat least one upwardly directed fixed member (usually of a plurality of fixed members) and at least one slidable member (usually a plurality of slidable members)vertieallyadjustably car ried by said fixed member (or members) for selective relative positioning with respect thereto atany selected height above said engagingm'eans, said engaging means being removably engagingly cooperable with the hollow duct means for mounting said second support means immediately above said hollow duct means. Said second support means is provided with second visually observable measuring scale means cooperably etfectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to; the relative adjustment of the fixed member (or members) and the corresponding vertically adjustable slidable member (or members) whereby to visually indicate the effective height of said slidable member (or members) from said engaging means, and second hollow curved duct means supportably cooperable with said slidable members (usually a plurality of circumferentially spaced slidable mern hers) in a virtually horizontal plane at a selected height. above the engaging means determined by the height of the slidable member (ormembers) with respect to the corresponding fixed member (or members). The second inwardly directed egress means is positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the second hollow curved duct means, and a second remote selectively manually actuatable pump means is in effective communication with the second hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through these'cond inwardly directed egress means in a second horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of the garment 'WQI'H by the model along waistline regions of said garment. The second hollow duct means is provided with :second selectively openableand closable ingress loading port means cooperable to receive a quantity of particii late marking agent therethrough for loading the interior of said second hollow duct means. u

In the specifically illustrated form or the present in- 'vention, the support means 1 is cooperable to rest upon an I underlying, virtually horizontal supporting surface (usuallya floor) and ineliidesa base portion 2 taking the fo'rm of a circularmember and a plurality (in the form specifically illustrated, four) virtually equally cir cumferentially spaced upstanding support members 3 car ried by said circular base portion 2 andfour movable carrier members 4, each vertically adjustably" carried by the corresponding upstandingsupport member3 for selee tive relative vertically slidable positioning with respeet thereto at any selected and similar height above said circular base portion 2. g s V j Said support 1 is provided with visually observable measuring scale means coopera'bly erlectively pdsitioned for relative adjustment corresponding tot-the relative adjustment of the upstanding; support members 3 andth'e' corresponding vertically adjustable carrier members 4 whereby to visually indicate the eiie'c ti e height or said movable carrier members 4 at the plane of attachment thereof to duct means 7) the underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface; In the form specifically illustrated, the effectively stiir hollowcircula'r duct means 7 is supportably coopera'ble with the plurality of oil curnterentially spaced carrier members in a, virtually horizontal plane at a s'electedheight above the under lying virtually horizontal supporting surface 1 determined by the height of each of the movable carrier members 4 with respect to the corresponding upstanding support members 3 as indicated by the scale reading on each of the members 3 at the bottom of each offthe members 4 Also, inwardly directed egress means 8 is positioned in avirtually horizontal plane inside of the hollow circular duct means 7. Also included is a remote selec-' tive manually actuatable pump means 9 in elfective' com munication with the hollow duct means 7 and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent 10 through the inwardly directed egress means 8 in a selected horizontal planeto effectively mark the exterior of a garment Worn by a model standingon an underlying supporting surface and positioned within the confines of the hollow duct means (as illustrated in Fig. 7). v I Said hollow ductmeans 7 may be provided with selec tively openable and closable ir lgress loading port means 11 cooperable-to receive a quantity of particulate mark ing agent 10 therethrough for loading the interior of said hollow duct means 7.

Also the present invention may include locking means, each comprising a clamp or bracket 12A and threaded fastening means 12B efiectively cooperable for locking each carrier member 4 in a selected similar position with respect to each corresponding support member 3.

In a preferred form of the present invention (as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 7) there is a second support means 1 including engaging means 13 at the bottom thereof, atleast one (in the form specifically illustrated, two) circumferentially spaced upwardly directed fixed members 3 a'nd two slidable members 4, each vertically adjustably carried by the corresponding fixed members 3' for selective vertical slidable positioning with respect thereto at any selected and similar height above said engaging means 13, said engaging means 13 being removably engagingly cooperable with the hollow duct means 7 for mounting said second support means 1' immediately above said hollow duct means 7.

Said second support means 1 is provided with second visually observable measuring scale means cooperably eflectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the fixed members 3' and the corresponding vertically adjustable slidable members 4 whereby to visually indicate the efiective height 7 of said slidable members 4' from said engaging means 13, in accordance with the scale reading on each of the members 4 at the top of each of the members 3'.

Also included is a second eflectively stifi hollow virtually semi-circular duct means 7 supportably cooperable with the plurality of circumferentially spaced slidable members 4 in a virtually horizontal plane at a selected height above the engaging means- 13 determined by the height of the slidable members 4 with respect to the corresponding fixed members 3'. Also, second inwardly directed egress means 8 is positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the second hollow virtually semi-circular duct means 7. A second remote selectively manually: actuatable pump means 9' is in effective communication with the second hollow duct means 7' and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent (similar to 10, already described) through the second inwardly directed egress means 8 in a second horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of the garment worn by the model along, waistline regions of said garment (as illustrated in Fig. 7). Said second hollow duct means 7 being provided with a second selectively openable and closable ingress loading port means 11' cooperable to receive a quantity of particulate marking agent therethrough for loading the interior of said second hollow duct means 7'.

Also included is second locking means, each comprising a clamp or bracket 12A and threaded fastening means 12B effectively cooperable for locking each slidable member 4' in a selected similar position with respect to each fixed member 3'.

One sub-combination form of the present invention, which is also intended to be included and comprehended herein, is directed to the lower (hemline marking) portion of the complete device (as illustrated in Fig. 5) and is cooperable to be used separately without the attachment of the waistline marking portion of the complete apparatus. a

A further sub-combination form of the present inven tion which is also intended to be included and comprehended herein is directed to the upper (waistline marking) portion ofthe complete device ,(as illustratedin Fig. 6) and is cooperable to be used separately by effective attachment to some base other than the lower (hemline marking) portion of the complete apparatus.

The operation of the device may be briefly described as follows: A model wearing a garment .to be marked steps into a position within the improved garment-marking apparatus. She manually grasps the pump means 9 land 9' and squeezes either or both of th m (either simultaneously or sequentially), causing air tofiow through the hollow duct means 7 (and/or 7) and to pick up some of the particulate marking agent therein and to emit said air-borne particulate marking agent through all of the inwardly directed egress port means onto the exterior of the garment, thus effectively marking it therearoun at selectedheights.

It should also be noted that the heights of the hemline and/or waistline to be marked can be adjusted at will, prior to the' marking operation, by merely unclamping each of the locking means 12A and 12B (and/or 12A and 12B) and then slidably adjusting each of the slidable carrier members 4 (and/or 4) until the bottom portions of said slidable carrier members 4 are each in alignment with the same markings on the'members 3 (and/or until the tops of said members 3' are each in alignment with the same markings on the members. 4) respectively. Then the locking means may again be tightened to lock said slidable carrier members 4 (and/or 4) at said selected height, after which a marking operation of the type hereinabove described can be performed.

Numerous modifications and variations of the present invention will occur to those skilled in the art after a careful study hereof. All such properlywithin the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included and comprehended as fully as if specifically described, illustrated and claimed herein.

For example the hollow duct means may comprise an underlying encircling stiffener member permitting the use of a more flexible hollow duct means, if desired.

The relatively stiff hollow duct may be provided with any type of suitable inwardly directed egress means, whether in the form of a plurality of jet orifices of the type illustrated herein, or longitudinal slit means, or otherwise.

The support means may be modified substantially from the form specifically described and illustrated herein. They may be provided with different clamp means to effectively fasten a portion (or portions) of the hollow duct means with respect to each carrier member, nor is the present invention limited to the use of any specific number of support means. Furthermore, the pump means, the visually observable measurin scale means, the support members, the slidable carrier members, the locking means for effectively locking each carrier member in a selected position with respect to each support member, the base means and/or the engaging means can all be modified substantially within the spirit of the present invention.

The exact compositions, configurations, constructions, relative positionings, and cooperative relationships of the various component parts of the present invention are not critical, and can be modified substantially within the spirit of the present invention.

The embodiments of the present invention specifically described and illustrated herein are exemplary only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, which is to be interpreted in the light of the prior art and the appended claims only, with due consideration for the doctrine of equivalents.

I claim:

1. An improved marking device adapted to mark a garment being worn by a model at selected hemline regions therearound at a first selected height above an underlying supporting surface upon which the model wearing the garment stands and adapted to mark said garment at selected waistline regions at least partially therearound at a sec- 0nd selected height above said hemline regions, comprising: support means including a circular base portion cooperable to rest upon an underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface, four virtually equally circumferentially spaced upstanding support members carried by said circular base portion, and four movable carrier members, each vertically adjustably carried by a corresponding upstanding support member for selective relative vertical slidable positioning with respect thereto at any selected and similar height above said circular base portion, said support means being provided with visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the upstanding support members and the corresponding vertically adjustable carrier members whereby to visually indicate the effective height of said movable carrier members from the underlying virtually horizontal support surface; effectively stiff hollow circular duct means supportably cooperable with the plurality of circumferentially spaced carrier members in a virtually horizontal plane at a' selected height above the underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface determined by the height of each of the movable carrier members with respect to the corresponding upstanding support members; inwardly directed egress means positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the hollow circular duct means; remote selectively manually actuatable pump means in effective communication with the hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a selected horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of a garment worn by a model standing on an underlying supporting surface and positioned within the confines of the hollow duct means along hemline regions of said garment extending therearound; said hollow duct means being provided with selectively openable and closable ingress loading port means cooperable toreceive a quantity of particulate marking agent therethrtiugh for loading the interior of said hollow duct means; locking means effectivly cooperable for locking each carrier member in a selected sir'nilar position with respect to each corresponding Support member; a sec ond support means including engaging means at the bottorri thereof, two circ umferen tially spaced upwardly directedfiired members and two slideable members, each vertically adjustably carried by a' corresponding fixed member forselective vertical slidable positioning with respect thereto at any selected and similar height above said engaging means, said engaging rneans being removably ng gia r cooperable with the hollow duct means for mounting said second support means immediately above said hollow duct means; said second support means being provided with second visually observable measuring scale means cooperably eifectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the fixed members and the corresponding vertically adjustable slidable r nenibers whereby to visually indicate the effective height of said sli dable members from said engaging means; second effectively stiff hollow virtually semi-circular duct means supportably cooperable with the plurality of circumferenti-ally spaced slidable members in' a virtually horizontal plane at a selected height above the engaging means determined by the height of the slidable members; with respect to the corresponding fixed members; secon d inwardly directed egress means positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the second hollow virtually semicircular duct means; second remote selectively manually actuablepump means in efiectivecommuhicat-ion with the second hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the second inwardly directed egress means in a second" horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of the garment worn by the model along waistline regions of said garment; said second hollow duct means being provided with' second selectively openable and closable ingress loading port means cooperable to receive a quantity of particulate marking agent therethrough for loading the interior of said second hollow duct means, and'second locking means efiectively cooperable for locking each slidable member in a selected similar position with respect to each fixed member.

2;; An improved marking device adapted to' simultaneously mark a garment being worn by a model at selected regions therearound at a selected height above an' underlying supporting surface upon which-the model wearing the garment stands, comprising: support means including a circular base portion cooperable to rest upon an' underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface, four virtually equally circumferentially spaced upstanding support members carried by saidcircular base portion; and four movable carrier members; each vertically ad-justably' carried-by a" corresponding upstanding support member for selective relative vertical slidable positioning with respect thereto at any selected and similar height above said circular base portion, said support means being provided with visually observable measuring-scale means cooperably eitectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the upstanding support members and the corresponding vertically adjustable carrier members whereby to visually indicate the eifective'height of said movable carrier'rnembers from the underlying virtuallyhorizontal support surface; effectively stiff hollow circular duct means supportably cooperable with the plurality of circumferentially spaced 7 I egress means positioned iiia virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the hollow circular duct means; re mote selectively manually actuatable pump means in effective communication with the hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a selected horizontal plane to eifectively mark the exterior of a garment worn by a model standing on an underlying supporting surface and positioned withinthe confines of the hollow duct means along hemline regions of said garment extending therearound; and said hollow duct means being provided with selectively openable and closable ingress loading por't means cooperable to receive a quantity of p'articuf' late marking agent therethrough for loading the interior of said hollow duct means. v I v 3. An improved marking device adapted to sirnulta neously mark a garment being worn by amodel at selected regions therearound at a selected height above an underlying supporting surface upon which the model wearing the garment stands, comprising: support means includin g a circular base portion cooperable to rest upon an underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface, four virtually equally circumferentially spaced upstanding' support members carried by said circular base portion, and four movable carrier members, each vertically adjustably carried by a corresponding upstanding support member for selective relative vertical slidable positioning with respect thereto at any selected and similar height above said'circular base portion; said support means being provided with visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding tothe relative adjustment of the upstanding support members" the corresponding vertically adjustable carrier membetswh'ereby to visuallyindicate the effective height of said movable carrier members front the underlying virtually horizontal support surface; effectively stiff hollow circular duct means supportably cooperable with the plurality of circumferentially spaced carrier members in a" virtually horizontal plane at a selected height ab'ove' the underlying virtually horizontal supporting surface determined by the height of each of the movable carrier members with respect to the corresponding upstanding support members; inwardly directed egress means positioned inja' virtually horizontal plane alon the inside of the hollow" ir'u1ar duct means; remote' selectively manually actua't'able means in effective communication with the hollow du'ct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suit able particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a selected horizontal plane to efliectively' mark the exterior of a garment worn by a modelstanding on an underlying supporting surface and positioned within the confines of the hollow duct means along hemlineregions of said garment extending, therearound; said hollow duct means being provided with, selectively openable and closable ingress loading port: means cooperable to receive a quantity of particulate marking agent therethrou'gh for loading the interior of said hollow duct means; and locking means effectively cooperable for locking each carrier member in a selected similar position with respect to each corresponding support member.

4. An improved marking device attachment cooperable for removable mounting with respect to a virtually circular hollow tubular upper' marking portion of a garment marking apparatus having a similar virtually circular lower base portion and having a plurality of selectively length-adjustable upstanding support means eflfectively connecting said lowerbase portion and said" upper marking portion, said attachment being adapted to simultaneously mark a garment being worn by a model at selected waistline regions at least partially therearound, comprising: a support means including engaging means,

at the bottom thereof; at least one upwardly directed fixed member and at least one slidable member vertically adjustably carried by said fixed member for selective rela tive positioning with respect thereto at any selected height above said engaging means, said engaging means being removably engagingly cooperable with a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of a garment marking apparatus for mounting said support means immediately thereover; said support means being provided with visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the fixed member and the vertically adjustable slidable member whereby to visually indicate the effective height of the slidable member from said engaging means; hollow curved duct means supportably cooperable with the slidable member in a virtually horizontal plane at a selected height above the engaging means determined by the height of the slidable member with respect to the fixed member; inwardly directed egress means positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the hollow curved duct means; remote selectively manually actuatable pump means in effective communication with the hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of the garment worn by the model.

5. An improved marking device attachment cooperable for removable mounting with respect to a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of a garment marking apparatus having a similar virtually circular lower base portion and having a plurality of selectively length-adjustable upstanding support means effectively connecting said lower base portion and said upper marking portion, said attachment being adapted to simultaneously mark a garment being worn by a model at selected waistline regions at least partially therearound, comprising: a support means including engagingmeans at the bottom thereof, at least one upwardly directed fixed member and at least one slidable member vertically adjustably carried by said fixed member for selective relative positioning with respect thereto at any selected height above said engaging means, said engaging means being removably engagingly cooperable with a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of a garment marking apparatus for mounting said support means immediately thereover; said support means being provided with visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the fixed member and the vertically adjustable slidable member whereby to visually indicate the effective height of the slidable member from said engaging means; hollow curved duct means supportably cooperable with the slidable member in a virtually horizontal plane at a selected height above the engaging means determined by the height of the slidable member With respect to the fixed member; inwardly directed egress means positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the hollow curved duct means; remote selectively manually actuatable pump means in effective communication with the hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of the garment worn by the model along waistline regions of said garment; and said hollow duct means being provided with selectively openable and closable ingress loading port means cooperable to receive a quantity of particulate marking agent therethrough for loading the interior of said hollow duct means.

6. An improved marking device attachment cooperable for removable mounting with respect to a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of a garment marking apparatus having a similar virtually circular 12 lower base portion and having a plurality of selectively length-adjustable upstanding support means effectively connecting said lower base portion and said upper marking portion, said attachment being adapted to simultaneously mark a garment being worn by a model at selected waistline regions at least partially therearound, comprising: a support means including engaging means at the bottom thereof, a plurality of circumferentially spaced upwardly directed fixed members and a corresponding plurality of slidable members, each vertically adjustably carried by a corresponding fixed member for selective relative vertical positioning with respect thereto at any selected and similar height above said engaging means, said engaging means being removably engagingly cooperable with a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of a garment marking apparatus for mounting said support means immediately thereover; said support means being provided with visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the fixed members and the corresponding vertically adjustable slidable members whereby to visually indicate the effective height of said slidable members from said engaging means; hollow curved duct means supportably cooperable with the plurality of circumferentially spaced slidable members in a virtually horizontal plane at a selected height above the engaging means determined by the height of the slidable members with respect to the corresponding fixed members; inwardly directed egress means positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the hollow curved duct means; remote selectively manually actuable pump means in effective communication with the hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of the garment worn by the model along waistline regions of said garment; and said hollow duct means being provided with selectively openable and closable ingress loading port means cooperable to receive a quantity of particulate marking agent therethrough for loading the interior of said hollow duct means.

7. An improved marking device attachment cooperable for removable mounting with respect to a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of a garment marking apparatus having a similar virtually circular lower base portion and having a plurality of selectively length-adjustable upstanding support means effectively connecting said lower base portion and said upper marking portion, said attachment being adapted to simultaneously mark a garment being worn by a model at selected waistline regions at least partially therearound, comprising: a support means including engaging means at the bottom thereof, two circumferentially spaced upwardly directed fixed members and two slidable members, each vertically adjustably carried by a corresponding fixed member for selective vertical slidable positioning with respect thereto at any selected and similar height above said engaging means, said engaging means being removably engagingly cooperable with a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of a garment marking apparatus for mounting said support means immediately thereover; said support means being provided with visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the fixed members and the corresponding vertically adjustable slidable members whereby to visually indicate the efiective height of said slidable members from said engaging means; eifectively stilt hollow virtually semi-circular duct means supportably cooperable with the plurality of circumferentially spaced slidable members in a virtually horizontal plane at a selected height above the engaging means determined by the height of the slidable members with respect to the corresponding fixed members; inwardly directed egress means positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the hollow virtually semi-circular duct means; remote selectively manually actuatable pump means in eflective communication with the hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of the garment worn by the model along waistline regions of said garment; and said hollow duct means being provided with selectively openable and closable ingress loading port means cooperable to receive a quantity of particulate marking agent therethrough for loading the interior of said hollow duct means.

8. An improved marking device attachment cooperable for removable mounting with respect to a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of a garment marking apparatus having a similar virtually circular lower base portion and having a plurality of selectively length-adjustable upstanding support means effectively connecting said lower base portion and said upper marking portion, said attachment being adapted to simultaneously mark a garment being worn by a model at selected waistline regions at least partially therearound, comprising: a support means including engaging means at the bottom thereof, a plurality of circumferentially spaced upwardly directed fixed members and a corresponding plurality of slidable members, each vertically adjustably carried by a corresponding fixed member for selective relative vertical positioning with respect thereto at any selected and similar height above said engaging means, said engaging means being removably engagingly cooperable with a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of a garment marking apparatus for mounting said support means immediately thereover; said support means being provided with visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the fixed members and the corresponding vertically adjustable slidable members whereby to visually indicate the effective height of said slidable members from said engaging means; hollow curved duct means supportably cooperable with the plurality of circumferentially spaced slidable members in a virtually horizontal plane at a selected height above the engaging means determined by the height of the slidable members with respect to the corresponding fixed members; inwardly directed egress means positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the hollow curved duct means; remote selectively manually actuatable pump means in effective communication with the hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a second horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of the garment Worn by the model along waistline regions of said garment; said hollow duct means being provided with selectively openable and closable ingress loading port means cooperable to receive a quantity of particulate marking agent therethrough for loading the interior of said hollow duct means; locking means effectively cooperable for locking each slidable member in a selected similar position with respect to each fixed member.

9. An improved marking device attachment cooperable for removable mounting with respect to a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of a garment marking apparatus having a similar virtually circular lower base portion and having a plurality of selectively length-adjustable upstanding support means efiectively connecting said lower base portion and said upper marking portion, said attachment being adapted to simultaneously mark a. garment being worn by a model at selected waistline regions at least partially therearound, comprising: a support meansincluding engaging means at the bottom thereof, two circumferentially spaced upwardly directed fixed members and two slidable members, each vertically adjustably carried by a corresponding fixed member for selective vertical slidable positioning with respect thereto at any selected and similar height above said engaging means, said engaging means being removably engagingly cooperable with a virtually circular hollow tubular upper marking portion of a garment marking apparatus for mounting said support means immediately thereover; said support means being provided with visually observable measuring scale means cooperably effectively positioned for relative adjustment corresponding to the relative adjustment of the fixed members and the corresponding vertically adjustable slidable members whereby to visually indicate the effective height of said slidable members from said engaging means; effectively stiff hollow virtually semi-circular duct means supportably cooperable with the plurality of circumferentially spaced slidable members in a virtually horizontal plane at a selected height above the engaging means determined by the height of the slidable members with respect to the corresponding fixed members; inwardly directed egress means positioned in a virtually horizontal plane along the inside of the hollow Virtually semi-circular duct means; remote selectively manually actuatable pump means in eiiective communication with the hollow duct means and cooperable therewith to manually virtually simultaneously pump a suitable particulate marking agent through the inwardly directed egress means in a horizontal plane to effectively mark the exterior of the garment worn by the model along waistline regions of said garment; said hollow duct means being provided with selectively openable and closable ingress loading port means cooperable to receive a quantity of particulate marking agent therethrough for loading the interior of said hollow duct means; and locking means eiiectively cooperable for locking each slidable member in a selected similar position with respect to each fixed member.

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